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ArchivesOctober 2001 Not Flying? Take the ferry to SausalitoNot Flying? Take the ferry to Sausalito More... Letters to the EditorThose Pesky Environmentalists More... FERRIES AGAIN PROVIDE VERSATILE, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOLLOWING DISASTERS … FROM EARTHQUAKES TO TERRORIST ACTSAs long ago as 1906, San Francisco learned from dreadful experience that the versatility and reliability of Bay Area ferries can move people out of danger and move medical supplies into disaster areas. Records show that masses of people headed to the East Bay and the North Bay ferries when disaster struck in San Francisco to get out of harm’s way and find safety from the roaring inferno. Again, after the Loma Prieta Earthquake put the Bay Bridge out of commission, ferries were pressed into service from as far away as Seattle to provide essential Bay Area transportation. More... 
Are You Okay?
A New York Ferryrider’s Account of the World Trade Center Disaster More... Bay Area Tourism Industry on the RopesFerries May Play Important Role in Recovery More... Inside StoryHomecoming More... 
Bay Crossings Journal
‘Lei’ing the Island More... 
Bay Crossings Riders of the Tides
Searching through the Rubble More... 
Working Waterfront In their own words
Waterfront Activist/City and County of San Francisco Supervisor More... Marin SectionTO COME IS TO ENJOY! More... 
Sausalito Working Waterfront Business
Owner, Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, Water Street Grille in Sausalito More... Sausalito - Good Eats and Great ViewsAlmost thirty years ago, when I was about to relocate to the Bay Area, I heard a weird prediction from a couple of wiseacre New York artist-friends. Here is what they said, "Someone will take you across the Golden Gate Bridge and tell you are going to a quaint artist’s village - it won’t be." More... 
Bay Crossings Round-up
Italian Festival at Jack London Square Chases the Blues Away More... 
San Francisco Ferry Terminal Project Lurching to the Finish Line
Though thoroughly bedeviled by delays and problems, the first phase of the dramatic new San Francisco Ferry Terminal is set to open any day now in all its glory. More... 
On the Waterfront
FISH IS WHAT MAKES FISHERMAN’S WHARF WHAT IT IS! More... 
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
Marine Highways – The Next Traffic Jam? More... 
Bay Area To Welcome High-Speed Ferry For Alameda This Month
Senior Editor Wes Starratt has just returned from a visit to the shipyards in the Seattle Area with these stories and pictures. More... A Picaresque History of the Port of OaklandA picture of the waterfront of the early 1850’s is a picture of the town itself in its cradle days. Oakland was a typical American small-port village, clustering mainly about lower Broadway, called Main Street in 1854. More... 
Regional Director, Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific,
Marine Division, ILWU
Marine Division, ILWU We’re the largest inland maritime union on the West Coast. We were founded in San Francisco in 1918 as the Ferryboatmen’s Union of California, later renamed the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (the IBU). Our Union extends from Alaska to Washington, including Oregon, California and Hawaii. Altogether, we have about 4,000 members. But that’s down from the 4,000 we had in San Francisco alone before the bridges were built. More... 
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month More... A Guide to San Francisco Bay Ferries (and what to do when you get there)A San Francisco Bay ferryboat ride is a sublime experience of the first order. Figuring out which one to take can be a bit daunting because there are many ferry companies and no centralized schedule. But with the tiniest bit of planning it’s possible for anyone, visitors and Bay Area residents alike, to quite easily experience the romance and unspeakable beauty of a short cruise on the Bay. And it costs surprisingly little. The commuter ferries present an especially attractive deal. Here’s the basic skinny on what’s available: More... |
